Cuff



Oct. 26, 1937.

s. GEISMAR 2,097,404

CUFF

Filed Sept. 24, 1936 2 Sheets-Sheet l W I T N E55 ,5 w in l fl/V Gas/me ATTORN EYS INVENTOR 5. GEISMAR Oct. 26, 1 937.

CUFF

Filed Sept. 24, 1936 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 I -ill'ill ."llilllilll'il rlIi Patented Oct. 26, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIQE CUFF Application September 24, 1936, Serial No. 102,315

1 Claim.

My invention relates to improvements in cuffs which, although they have the appearance of French cuffs, are actually band cuffs, non-reversible and simple of parts and manufacture.

In the drawings, Fig. 1 is.a plan view of the two pocket-forming members and Fig. 2 is a section thereof on line 2-2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a plan view of the two pocket-forming members and the inner cuff facing and the cuff lining stitched thereto and Fig. 4 is a section thereof on line 4-4 of Fig. 3; Fig. 5 is a similar view to Fig. 3, showing the opposite face of the assembled parts and Fig. 6 is a section on the line 6-6 of Fig. 5; Fig. '7 is a plan view of one face of the completed cuff before the cuff is turned preparatory to sewing to the shirt sleeve and Fig. 8 is a section on the line 8-8 of Fig. '7 Fig. 9 is a plan view of the completed cuff as the parts are arranged for attachment of the cuff to the 20 shirt sleeve and Fig. 10 is a section on line Ill-40 of Fig. 9; Fig. 11 is a face View of the cuff and shirt sleeve stitched together; Fig. 12 is an end View of Fig. 11; Fig. 13 is an enlarged detail section on line I3-l3 of Fig. 11.

The cuff of this invention is preferably made of four pieces of material, best shown in partially assembled condition in Fig. 3. These pieces of material comprise an outer piece of shirting material constituting the body portion I and forming, when incorporated in the completed cuff structure, an outer cuff facing 2 and an inner cuff facing 3; a single piece of lining 4 substantially of the same length as the body portion I, and two pieces of like shirting material members 5 and 6, the former forming the tab 1 and the latter being attached to the sleeve 8.

The body I and its accompanying lining 4 are cut substantially rectangular. The rectangular piece of body material and the lining 4 are superposed and stitched together by a single line of stitching Ill. The two members 5 and 6, both correspondingly cut with curved edges II and straight edges l2, are united together along the curved edges H and straight edges l2 by a single row of stitches I3, fully illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2. These twomembers 5 and 6, thus cut and united, subsequently, in the completed cuff, form an open-ended pocket I4, and the seam formed by the stitching l3 hangs freely between the two 50 sections of lining 4 unattached to the cuff proper excepting at its lateral edges. The pocketforming members 5 and 6 are secured to the body I and the lining 4 by superposing the member 5 upon the body I with the edges 9 of these 55 sections corresponding, and then securing the same together by a single row of stitches I5 which pass through the member 5, the shirting material I and the lining material 4, as indicated in Fig. 3. The upper portion of the cuff, as shown in Fig. 3, is then turned by positioning the members 5 and 6 on the same side as the lining l, as shown in Figs. 5 and 6, the fold line following the row of stitches I5, and a second line of stitching I6 is run, substantially parallel to the line of stitching 15, through the member 5, the lining 4, and the shirting material I, as illustrated in Figs. 5 and 6. The cuff is then folded in order to bring the lining material 4 and the member 6 to the outside, as shown in Figs. '7 and 8, and the rows of stitches l1 are run laterally at each end of the cuff to unite together the ends of the lining material 4, the shirting material, and the member 6, and just the base portion of the member 5, as illustrated in Figs. '7 and 8. The cuff is new againreversed in order to position the lining 4 and the member 6 between the facings 2 and 3, as more fully illustrated in Figs. 9 and 10. The sleeve 8 of the shirt is inserted between the member 6 and the lining 4 and stitched through by a row of stitches is passing through the member 6, the lining 4, the top edge of the facing 3, and the lower edge of the sleeve 8.

Suitable cufi fastening means are provided which may take the form of two button holes in the cuff ends unitable by suitable links or a button sewn on one cuff end and a button on the other end. I claim:

In a shirt, a sleeve, a non-reversible cuff, the

cuff comprising an integral piece of fabric folded to form inner and outer facings, an integral lining substantially co-extensive with said facings, said piece of fabric at its fold line forming a free fold, said lining being folded at said fold line with said fabric, a line of stitching spaced inwardly from said fold line and passing only through the inner facing and the portion of the lining positioned thereagainst, a pocket at the upper portion of the cuff, said pocket being formed of two pieces of facing material stitched to each other at the lower portion thereof, forming a free hanging seam, one of the pieces of material forming said pocket being stitched near its upper edge to the outer facing and the other together with the inner facing and its appurtenant lining being stitched together with the shirt sleeve between them, said free hanging seam being positioned below the line of attachment of the sleeve, the last mentioned inner facing, and its appurtenant lining.

- SYLVAN GEISMAR. 

